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Canon SX30IS Superzoom Camera - $314 shipped (instant coupon)

Kaido

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
This is a fabulous camera with an amazing zoom. Also, it records really nice video with electronic image stabilization - aka, your video is not ridiculously shaky when zoomed in all the way. Check out the Superzoom links below for sample videos.

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-SX30IS-D...dp/B0041RSPR8/

Coupon:
Q544X8N9

Specs:
14 megapixel stills
720p 30fps HD video
Electronic image stabilization for video
35x optical zoom (24-840mm)

Photo samples:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=sx30is&s=int

Superzoom samples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMTjK5caLcA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnrpOzDTV-g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT0iuDaPY3c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lR9NlJ2a6g

Notes:
1. You can get knockoff NB-7L batteries for about $6 shipped on eBay (Canon's price is $39 each). Car/wall charger combo is around $6 shipped as well.
2. There is a good deal on a fast Class 6 Transcend card - 16GB SD for $25, includes a USB card reader. You have to do a search on Amazon for "TS16GSDHC6-P2". I'd link it, but the price sometimes jumps up to $40 from the link, so you have to do a search on Amazon itself.
 
Arg I was looking at these a month or so ago and went with the S95 instead thinking I'd eventually get a micro 4/3s camera



Any thoughts on this compared to the Panasonic micro 4/3 sensor?
 
SpatiallyAware said:
Arg I was looking at these a month or so ago and went with the S95 instead thinking I'd eventually get a micro 4/3s camera



Any thoughts on this compared to the Panasonic micro 4/3 sensor?
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Depends on what you want to do. I've been thinking of picking up an SX30IS since I first saw them...nice, clean images, great video, ridiculous zoom, fairly compact for the specs. I have a T2i, but having the superzoom and a single, built-in lens would be nice sometimes - not having to worry about all the extra settings that are normally involved with dSLR cameras.

imo, this is the perfect "mom" camera - for the type of person who isn't into photography but wants to be able to zoom in, do great videos and pictures, and not have to deal with swapping out lenses and whatnot. Plus, it's a great vacation camera - no fuss, zoom in on anything you want:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEvF1gY3dj8
 
I logged in just to say that this deal/camera blows me away !

Be sure to see the review video on youtube ...
 
Get the class 10 32GB for $25 on Amazon, a few cents cheaper than the class 6 and hopefully faster as rated 🙂

I bit and bought the package, camera + tripod, and the SDHC card. Might have to pick up a few more cards and batteries.

Thanks for the deal! 🙂
 
oh crap, forgot coupon ><!

EDIT: Yay, cancelled and reorder with coupon 🙂 Got $80 off on the 3 items for about $389 +FS and not tax heheh nice.
 
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The0ne said:
Get the class 10 32GB for $25 on Amazon, a few cents cheaper than the class 6 and hopefully faster as rated 🙂

I bit and bought the package, camera + tripod, and the SDHC card. Might have to pick up a few more cards and batteries.

Thanks for the deal! 🙂
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Whoa more details please - searched, but they're all $50+.
 
Was looking for a good camera with video in this price range. Sweet that it has excellent optical zoom. Thanks, Kaido 🙂
 
large SD cards are not as good as several smaller. I like the 4GB ones, even at 12MP uncompressed you are still getting almost 100 pics to a card. Most I'd push is to 8GB.

If you take enough pics you are going to have a SD card die one day. It's best it's the least number of pics possible.

That said I know tons of people with 16GB+ cards that usually have at most 50 pics on them at compressed sizes.
 
alkemyst said:
large SD cards are not as good as several smaller. I like the 4GB ones, even at 12MP uncompressed you are still getting almost 100 pics to a card. Most I'd push is to 8GB.

If you take enough pics you are going to have a SD card die one day. It's best it's the least number of pics possible.

That said I know tons of people with 16GB+ cards that usually have at most 50 pics on them at compressed sizes.
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I've heard iffy things about 32GB cards and Class 10 cards, so 16GB Class 6 is as high as I'll go right now. Plus, you can't beat $25 with a USB card reader!

My T2i takes 18 megapixel raw stills, which are about 20-25 megs per pic. I think a 16-gig card formats out to about 14 gigs, so 14000/25 = 560 pics, which is pretty good. My wife does photography on the side and usually does 500-600 photos per hour shoot and typically doesn't have to switch her 16 gig card out. I haven't heard of many issues with the newer 32gb Class 10 cards, but just the same, I'll hold out a bit longer just to be on the safe (and cheap!) side.

On the Mac side of things, I wrote a little app called FlashDrop that lets you clone your memory card to ISO, so you can easily dump the contents to a safe 'virtual drive' backup to free up your card:

http://pcwizcomputer.com/weaksauce12/2010/06/07/easy-flash-memory-backup/

I think you can do the same thing with ImgBurn in Windows:

http://www.imgburn.com/
 
Kaido said:
I've heard iffy things about 32GB cards and Class 10 cards, so 16GB Class 6 is as high as I'll go right now. Plus, you can't beat $25 with a USB card reader!

My T2i takes 18 megapixel raw stills, which are about 20-25 megs per pic. I think a 16-gig card formats out to about 14 gigs, so 14000/25 = 560 pics, which is pretty good. My wife does photography on the side and usually does 500-600 photos per hour shoot and typically doesn't have to switch her 16 gig card out. I haven't heard of many issues with the newer 32gb Class 10 cards, but just the same, I'll hold out a bit longer just to be on the safe (and cheap!) side.

On the Mac side of things, I wrote a little app called FlashDrop that lets you clone your memory card to ISO, so you can easily dump the contents to a safe 'virtual drive' backup to free up your card:

http://pcwizcomputer.com/weaksauce12/2010/06/07/easy-flash-memory-backup/

I think you can do the same thing with ImgBurn in Windows:

http://www.imgburn.com/
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I got in on this camera deal with coupon and while doing research on the class 10 cards saw many reports of issues with them and the T2i but seems that the newer cards have a updated firmware that is solving this..at least that's what one manufacture said.
 
Ops sorry for not checking back in earlier 😀

I meant the 16GB for $24 but I bought the 32GB for $50. I will be using the video feature quite a bit on this camera due to the zoom so the extra space should be nice. Was thinking of the SDXC 64 but their prices hasn't drop yet so it's not such a good deal.

Our people's New Year is coming up this time of year (Nov and Dec) so I should have plenty of opportunities to practice still photos and video. I certainly hope there are no issues with this 32GB card or the camera supporting large size. I did research a little before moving up the size.

As for losing data, I dump data on the cards when I get the chance. I'm wary of leaving data on the card for too long due to that very reason. My laptop/netbook is with me so I'm not too worry 😀

The battery is what worries me. Rated around 370 shots, which I think isn't all that many considering I might be using it all day and a tad in the night. If anyone has good experience with a good longer lasting battery for this camera let me know, I like to order a few. Thanks in advance.
 
Update:

I have the camera in hand and been taking some photos and videos. My videos with the zoom is not that impressive, rather the zoom is not as impressive as the videos show. Even my comparison test now pales. Photo's are acceptable so far in sunlight and low light living room conditions. No dis-colorization or bleeding of any sort. So far, not entirely impressed by the zoom I'm getting.
 
The0ne said:
Update:

I have the camera in hand and been taking some photos and videos. My videos with the zoom is not that impressive, rather the zoom is not as impressive as the videos show. Even my comparison test now pales. Photo's are acceptable so far in sunlight and low light living room conditions. No dis-colorization or bleeding of any sort. So far, not entirely impressed by the zoom I'm getting.
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Not zoom far enough or what?
 
The0ne said:
Update:

I have the camera in hand and been taking some photos and videos. My videos with the zoom is not that impressive, rather the zoom is not as impressive as the videos show. Even my comparison test now pales. Photo's are acceptable so far in sunlight and low light living room conditions. No dis-colorization or bleeding of any sort. So far, not entirely impressed by the zoom I'm getting.
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based on your posts I don't think you really understand what you are buying.

You say you did research a little....but you don't really seem to grasp what you have.

Most that take shots all night with any P&S know they need to have multiple battery packs.

You choosing a 32GB card over a few 8 or 16GBs shows a bit of lack of research.

If you need a better zoom you are going to be looking at a 4:3 or dSLR with a dedicated lens, everything else is going to be within a 'two-step' zoom.
 
alkemyst said:
based on your posts I don't think you really understand what you are buying.

You say you did research a little....but you don't really seem to grasp what you have.

Most that take shots all night with any P&S know they need to have multiple battery packs.

You choosing a 32GB card over a few 8 or 16GBs shows a bit of lack of research.

If you need a better zoom you are going to be looking at a 4:3 or dSLR with a dedicated lens, everything else is going to be within a 'two-step' zoom.
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I don't understand the tone of your response at all. Too much turkey maybe.

In any case, I took a few more videos tonight while at starbucks. The difference is because I'm viewing them on the LCD and not on the PC. Once on the PC the videos are fine, just as nice as the youtube videos. The common problems were apparent when exposed to direct bright lights though. The zoom issue I had was worded badly. The video quality during recording and on LCD wasn't that great, not the zoom itself 🙂 Sorry about that one hahaha

Believing a 32GB card is not a good option to use is exactly like saying a 2TB HDD is not good to use base on the reviews. While I don't disbelieve there "might" be issues and indeed there are users with problems using them, I tend to lean towards what my profession (engineering and quality) has taught me. If anything, the problem might be with the camera itself in that it doesn't properly support the 32GB size as stated. There are plenty of devices that has this compatibility problem. This is just a flash card.

Trust me, I do this for a living and I'm very good at my job. I help companies go Six Sigma, Lean, JIT, etc. I help set up tests, their quality departments, all documents (procedures, quality policies, etc.). When a company makes a product like HDD or flash and releases them the process for manufacturing, quality, testing and release are similar if not exactly the same. This saves cost. If there are problems, you'll be seeing similar issues across the product line (2,4,8,16,32 GB sizes). No product is safe from defects, we just minimize them as much as possible.

Getting the 32GB card doesn't mean I don't have other size cards. I have tons of 8GB and 16GB microSD and SD cards for use because of hot deals 🙂 I don't use anything lower than 8GB anymore however. Don't read too much into the negative reviews. If a device claims to support SDHC then it should regardless of the size or brand. Unfortunately, this isn't the case and it's the fault of the device and not the flash memory.

In any case, I'll be taking random photos and videos tonight to fill up the card and see what happens. Always good to test out and "hope" both are compatible at their limits.
 
You still are not getting it. It's not that 32GB cards are any less reliable it has to do with speed of access and the danger of losing a card that does get full. Also not all cards are created equal.

The LCD is not a final production device, it's akin to a mere viewfinder and to see if you framed what you intended.

On some cameras they are pushing the resolution much higher...still it's not a replacement for an actual full sized screen.
 
alkemyst said:
You still are not getting it. It's not that 32GB cards are any less reliable it has to do with speed of access and the danger of losing a card that does get full. Also not all cards are created equal.

The LCD is not a final production device, it's akin to a mere viewfinder and to see if you framed what you intended.

On some cameras they are pushing the resolution much higher...still it's not a replacement for an actual full sized screen.
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I appreciate your concern. I do know what you're talking about. I have experience the same issues with other non-camera devices, particularly with the Nintendo DS. It really isn't the fault of the flash memory itself but rather the device not being fully compatible with it. The same flash memory will work on your PC or other devices, including another DS, for example. I have a DS, DSi, DSiL or was it XL...anyways.

If you read all the reviews on the same problem you wouldn't think to avoid using nothing but Kingston or Sandisk brands. But as I said I have tons of microSD and SD cards of different brands and I have absolutely no issues so far. I've done the same for my nephews and nieces as well and have not encounter any issues ( I have a lot of them hahaha).

But if the device somehow corrupts the flash memory or refuses to work with it, it's not the memory's fault. Not all memory will be the same, somehow, but they all have to pass the same strict requirements before being sold.

As an update, I finished filling up the card last night with some photos and videos, mostly videos, and thankfully did not encounter any problems. I'm going to run a few more of the same tests today to be safe 😀

It's a good starting camera for me and I am beginning to like it. Glad the deal was posted! Thank you.
 
In case anyone is interested I'm happy to report there are no issues with my camera and the transcend 32GB class 10 SDHC card. This is after filling up the card with photos and videos and repeating it 3 times. I think I'm safe 😀 Woohoo
 
The0ne said:
In any case, I took a few more videos tonight while at starbucks. The difference is because I'm viewing them on the LCD and not on the PC. Once on the PC the videos are fine, just as nice as the youtube videos. The common problems were apparent when exposed to direct bright lights though. The zoom issue I had was worded badly. The video quality during recording and on LCD wasn't that great, not the zoom itself 🙂 Sorry about that one hahaha
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So zoom is OK, but the preview LCD is not so great quality? Or is automatic mode for video recording not so hot?
 
The0ne said:
Kaido,

Thanks again, bought the battery kit from ebay. For those interested it's this one...1700mAH if they live up to it 😀

http://cgi.ebay.com/2x-NB-7L-Batter...498?pt=Batteries_Chargers&hash=item45f6e38daa

Careful on others as they are 1200mAH or 1250mAH. That table top tripod looks so cute! I'm going to have to go find one locally if possible 😀
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To me, it doesn't really matter what the rating is, just the fact that I have a lot of them. Knockoff batteries are always going to be over-rated and under-capacity, but at least when your main battery dies in the field, you'll have plenty of spares to swap it out with. I have 5 or 10 knockoffs for my T2i so that I always have a bag to grab a spare from. Yay China 😀 :thumbsup:
 
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